Please can you give us a home?

Abandoned - Emma Caskie with Jake and Jimmy, Charlotte Cleveland with Rusty and Louisa Smith with Minnie are just some of the dogs looking for homes at Mistley Place Park. Picture: TERRY WEEDEN 40557-1

These are just some of the animals, abandoned before, during and after Christmas, hoping to find new, loving owners.

For the time being they are living and being well cared for at Mistley Place Park.

"We've been inundated. We have dogs, rabbits, rats and mice and enough guinea pigs to start a farm," said Maureen Taylor, one of the owners of the New Road animal rescue centre.

She added: "It underlines that people really shouldn't give pets as presents."

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Published Friday, January 21, 2005

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